Friday, May 12, 2017

James Comey: Democratic Phoenix?

Democrats have taken more- and
stranger- positions on former FBI Director James Comey than are possible in a
frisky game of naked Twister.

Comey was evil incarnate to the
left when, just three days before the election, he intimated that there was
much more to the Clinton email scandal than was then known. Democrats called
him a Republican lackey, and viewed him as an incompetent, partisan clown who
should be removed from office immediately, if not summarily executed.

But then, after he apparently
started pushing for a more aggressive, in-depth investigation of possible Trump
administration ties to the Russians, he became a more sympathetic figure to
liberals. Maybe he really was a decent, non-partisan man, struggling to do a
difficult job well.

And then Trump fired him.

He instantaneously became the most
competent and beloved figure in our nations modern political history, one who
was the tragic victim of a madman desperately trying to cover up another one of
his budding administration’s numerous scandals.

How did he go from being seen as a
vile, sinister, Hillary-hating hack to being thought of as essentially a
combination of George Washington and Mahatma Gandhi? And in less time than it
takes Nancy Pelosi to recall who the current President is, at that?

It had nothing to do with Jeff
Comey, of course. He didn’t change much in the past few months. It was simply
that Trump fired him. When Trump hires
someone, or is even thinking of doing so, the left instantaneously and blindly
assumes that person must at least be related
to Lucifer.

Yet, if Trump somehow had the opportunity to fire Charles Manson, Manson would immediately
be seen as a great man, unfairly brutalized by an unbalanced, mean-spirited, homicide-a-phobe.

Poor Anthony Weiner. If only he
would have been in the Trump administration. Trump would’ve fired him and, voilà, he’d have gone from
disgusting scumbag to benign victim.

Daily Trivia Quiz Answer

Today's Answer: Andrew Jackson. ("Poll" got so worked up before the service he apparently had to be removed from the premises, as he was cussing long and loud).

Q) What words appear on the front of the penny, nickel, dime and quarter, alongside the likeness of presidents?

A) "Liberty" and "In God We Trust"

An Ode To Life

Appreciate all you have, as it- and you- will soon be gone. Leave no heartfelt words unspoken, no sweet gesture incomplete, no act of love undone. Love your spouse with passion and abandon, your kids with patience and understanding but also a firm guidance. Love also the truth, no matter how hard. If pursued by enough people with enough courage, it really will set us free.

And don't forget, we didn't ask to be born. We didn't create ourselves. We are not gods. There is a higher power.

Fireworks of the Mind

Write It Up

Whence Shall Come Another?

True Then, True Now

"If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves."- Winston Churchill

Time Well Wasted

The power lies within your hands To do with what you may But the hourglass is filled with sands Of endless yesterdays